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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-2

…he Autorité Nationale des Jeux (French Gaming Authority) with regard to the persons mentioned in 9° bis of Article L. 561-2.This control is carried out under the conditions set out in Article 42 of La…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 00Ib: Electronic filing of returns

Article 1649 quater B quater

…rsons belonging to a group covered by the tax regime provided for in Article 223 A or Article 223 A bis when it includes at least one person mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3°.For the companies mentioned in 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-31

…ragraph of this I, and of 1°, 2°, 4°, 5° and 6° ;4° a) Comply with the conditions defined in c of 1 bis of I of Article 885-0 V bis of the French General Tax Code as it stood on 31 December 2017, subj…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Levy on dividends

Article 117 quater

…hin the meaning of article 4 B who benefit from distributed income mentioned in articles 108 to 117 bis and 120 to 123 bis are subject to a levy at the rate of 12.8% .For the calculation of this levy,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 G

…ir own tax system may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on undeveloped properties, for a period of five years, undeveloped pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quater

…000 €;d) For companies with turnover between 10,000,000 € and 50,000,000 €, the rate is equal to:0.35% + 0.025% × (amount of turnover-€10,000,000)/€40,000,000;e) For companies with turnover in excess…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Spouse and child of a foreign national holding long-term resident status - EU in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-13

…hree months of their eighteenth birthday or if they are covered by the provisions of article L. 421-35. The condition set out in article L. 412-1 does not apply.The child referred to in the first para…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-101

…ertificates of these companies, of the pre-emptive subscription right referred to in Article L. 228-35 or, in the second paragraph of Article L. 228-92, in favour of holders of securities giving defer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Kindergartens

Article R2324-47-6

…amily. A kindergarten is managed by one of the persons mentioned in articles R. 2324-34 and R. 2324-35 or, failing this, by a person with a qualification and experience in the field of early childhood…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties.

Article 459

…ual to at least the amount and at most twice the sum involved in the offence or attempted offence.1 bis. The same penalties shall apply to any person who contravenes or attempts to contravene the meas…

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